State machinery was widely employed to secure favourable outcomes in India’s recent regional elections against three progressive regional governments who dared to challenge Narendra Modi, asserts VIJAY PRASHAD
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Keeping Scottish Labour on the right track
It is too early to assume a US defeat in Iran — we must prepare for a long anti-war struggle, argues JOHN ROSS
ROGER McKENZIE says the ANC needs to respect South Africa’s Communists and their decision to stand independently at elections
KENNY MacASKILL remembers the woman who first translated The Communist Manifesto into English
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
KNOWING chuckles in Dundee’s Caird Hall yesterday as Scottish Labour deputy leader Lesley Laird said: “No doubt that you will have much to enjoy, debate, eat and, yes, drink! But only in moderation.”
Party conferences are not best known for delegates exercising health-conscious self-control.
Scottish Young Labour activists were gearing up for their conference karaoke night. In the spirit of the kinder, gentler politics, organisers were prepared to put on any backing track requested — with one exception: D:Ream’s Things Can Only Get Better.
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